Mikael Tillström

Mikael Tillström
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	5 March 1972; Jönköping, Sweden
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,030,525
Singles
Career record	112–113
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 39 (14 October 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1996)
French Open	4R (1994)
Wimbledon	3R (1996)
US Open	3R (1998)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup	1R (1996)
Olympic Games	3R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	111–86
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 15 (17 July 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1999, 2000)
French Open	SF (1999)
Wimbledon	SF (2000)
US Open	3R (1998, 2000)
	Last updated on: 10 January 2022.

Mikael Tillström (born 5 March 1972) is a tennis coach and a former professional player from Sweden. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking on 14 October 1996 of world No. 39.

Professional career

Tillström‘s best performance at a Grand Slam came when he got to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1996, defeating Aaron Krickstein, Christian Ruud, Patrick McEnroe and Thomas Muster and then losing to Michael Chang.

Tillstrom won one career title in singles at the Chennai Open, also called then as Gold Flake Open, in 1997,^[1] and eight career doubles titles, all but one with fellow Swede Nicklas Kulti.

He also reached the final of 2000 Majorca Open. He represented his native country as at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was defeated in the third round by Switzerland's Roger Federer.

Coaching career

Mikael Tillström is running the Good to Great Tennis Academy together with Magnus Norman and Nicklas Kulti.

He coached Denis Shapovalov from mid 2025 until February 2026.

He was also the coach of Gaël Monfils (2015–2020, 2023–2026).^[2]

He is currently coaching Corentin Moutet.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1990	US Open	Hard	Andrea Gaudenzi	2–6, 6–4, 6–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1990	US Open	Hard	Mårten Renström	Sébastien Leblanc Greg Rusedski	7–6, 3–6, 4–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (1–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1997	Chennai, India	World Series	Hard	Alex Rădulescu	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Apr 1998	Chennai, India	World Series	Hard	Patrick Rafter	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 1999	Singapore, Singapore	Championship Series	Hard	Marcelo Ríos	2–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	1–3	Feb 2000	San Jose, United States	World Series	Hard	Mark Philippoussis	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	1–4	May 2000	Majorca, Spain	World Series	Clay	Marat Safin	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (2–0)
ATP World Series (6–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (6–4)
Indoors (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1992	Hilversum, Netherlands	World Series	Clay	Mårten Renström	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	7–6, 1–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Aug 1992	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Jul 1994	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	Jul 1997	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson	6–0, 6–3
Win	3–2	Aug 1997	Indianapolis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Michael Tebbutt	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	6–3, 6–2
Win	4–2	Feb 1998	St. Petersburg, Russia	World Series	Carpet	Nicklas Kulti	Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	4–3	Apr 1998	Orlando, United States	World Series	Clay	Michael Tebbutt	Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win	5–3	Nov 1998	Stockholm, Sweden	International Series	Hard	Nicklas Kulti	Chris Haggard Peter Nyborg	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	5–4	Jul 1999	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	David Adams Jeff Tarango	6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Win	6–4	Apr 2000	Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–5)
Win	7–4	Jun 2000	Halle, Germany	International Series	Grass	Nicklas Kulti	Mahesh Bhupathi David Prinosil	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–4)
Win	8–4	Jul 2000	Båstad, Sweden	International Series	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso	4–6, 6–2, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1992	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Magnus Larsson	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jun 1994	Weiden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jens Knippschild	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–1	Sep 1995	Merano, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 13 (11–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (11–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (8–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 1992	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Magnus Larsson	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jun 1992	Yvetot, France	Challenger	Clay	Mårten Renström	Jaime Oncins Tomas Anzari	7–6, 5–7, 6–2
Win	3–0	Jun 1992	Salzburg, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Jan Apell	Jordi Arrese Nils Holm	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Sep 1993	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Nydahl	David Rikl Pavel Vízner	2–6, 6–7
Win	4–1	Oct 1993	Dublin, Ireland	Challenger	Carpet	Mårten Renström	Todd Nelson Bent-Ove Pedersen	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	4–2	May 1994	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Kenneth Carlsen	Olivier Delaître Jean-Philippe Fleurian	1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	5–2	Jun 1994	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Tommy Ho	Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota	7–6, 6–1
Win	6–2	Jul 1994	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Mårten Renström	Stephen Noteboom Tom Vanhoudt	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	7–2	Dec 1994	Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Challenger	Hard	Anders Järryd	Greg Rusedski Paul Wekesa	7–6, 6–3
Win	8–2	Mar 1995	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Nicklas Kulti	Jan Apell Mike Bauer	7–6, 6–4
Win	9–2	Apr 1995	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Challenger	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Nicolas Kiefer Michael Stich	7–5, 7–5
Win	10–2	May 1995	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Shelby Cannon Stefan Kruger	6–4, 6–4
Win	11–2	Jul 1995	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Bill Behrens Brendan Curry	7–6, 6–4

Performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	A	Q2	QF	1R	2R	3R	2R	0 / 5	8–5	62%
French Open	A	Q1	4R	2R	3R	1R	2R	Q3	1R	0 / 6	7–6	54%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 5	3–5	38%
US Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	9–4	0–4	5–4	2–3	1–4	0 / 21	21–21	50%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			A	Not Held			3R	0 / 1	2–1	67%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	Q2	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami	A	A	A	Q2	A	4R	A	1R	1R	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Monte Carlo	QF	A	A	Q2	A	1R	A	A	Q2	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Paris	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–6	0–0	0–1	0–1	0 / 10	7–10	41%

Doubles

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	1R	1R	A	1R	3R	3R	0 / 6	4–6	40%
French Open	2R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	SF	3R	0 / 6	7–6	54%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	0 / 2	4–2	67%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	3R	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Win–loss	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–3	6–4	10–4	0 / 17	19–17	53%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	1R	A	A	A	SF	2R	0 / 3	4–3	0%
Monte Carlo	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	QF	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	3–4	0 / 8	8–8	50%

References

↑ https://sportstar.thehindu.com/atp/chennai-open/co-history/1997-favourites-fall-by-the-wayside/article9451764.ece. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help).
↑ "Coach Mikael Tillstrom happy with Gael Monfils' Roland Garros campaign". 17 June 2017.

External links

Mikael Tillström at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Mikael Tillström at World Tennis
Mikael Tillström at the Davis Cup (archived)

[1] ttps://sportstar.thehindu.com/atp/chennai-open/co-history/1997-favourites-fall-by-the-wayside/article9451764.ece. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help).

[2] "Coach Mikael Tillstrom happy with Gael Monfils' Roland Garros campaign". 17 June 2017.

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